Jimmy Dale, 20 year-old son of surf guitar king Dick Dale, along with his ex-wife Jill Dale, Jimmy's mother, have been jailed for allegedly putting a full five gallon propane canister on a fire and shooting at it out in Wonder Valley.

“Actress,” written and directed by Twentynine Palms part-time resident Josh Lazar, is an interesting little drama of sibling rivalry between two sisters who harbor New York acting ambitions. The sisters yearn to break free of their suffocating home situation and are anxious to follow their individual dreams. But, actually accomplishing those dreams, isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Anderson expresses the subtle moods of her observations of these living and non-living desert elements in her poetry. She organizes them in the book by seasons, and included with each season is a black and white photograph taken by her husband.